[citation needed] Born in Long Island, New York, Zakarin began making full length video movies at the age of 15.

[citation needed] In 1995, while directing commercials and early interactive television tests for Fattal & Collins advertising agency, Zakarin became fascinated by the Internet.

In response, he joined with Troy Bolotnick, Rich Tackenberg, and Laurie Plaksin, (who also starred as the shows main character Tara Hartwick) to create The Spot, the first interactive entertainment web series that combined online diary entries, photos, video, and groundbreaking interactive techniques to create a new storytelling format known as “The Web Series”.

[2] Several high-profile media pioneers, such as Spider-Man creator Stan Lee and television programmer Brandon Tartikoff, were attracted to the new storytelling format.

It also produced several critically well received documentaries for theatrical, video, and cable release, including: Mind Meld, featuring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy discussing their Star Trek characters and experiences.

The Miramax release, Comic Book: The Movie starring Mark Hamill, Roger Rose, Billy West and Jess Harnell, and featuring cameo appearances by Hugh Hefner, Kevin Smith, Stan Lee and dozens of other pop culture icons and innovators.

Additionally, Zakarin is a writer and producer of “Upstairs Girls/Downstairs Guys”, an episodic web video comedy series which, as of June 2016, has collected over 600 million views on YouTube alone.